Ep 4.
The next morning Alice walked into her newly furnished office and frowned just looking at the rug with her name woven on it.
‘Good morning Mrs Alice my name is...'The clumsy nineteen year old intern and personal assistant rushed in and Alice's brows perked up.
‘Yikes,cool it down girl'.
‘Y...Yeah it's just that you're..you're legendary..I...I can't believe I'm standing in front of Landon Mikaelson's wife'.
‘Uhhh first I'm not legendary,and secondly I'm a normal person'.Alice chuckled and took the coffee from the overly excited blonde.
‘So what can I do for you Mrs Alice? ohhh I forgot to introduce myself.My name is Cassandra but my friends call me Cassy but you can also call me Cassandra if you want...I..I like being called Cassy anyway not that you care or anything'.The now introduced Cassandra rambled on leaving a bemused expression on her boss's face.
Was she even breathing?,Alice thought but shrugged it off and sat on the edge of the oakwood.
She waited for a while so Cassandra could get a grip of herself and when everything was settled she smiled warmly at the girl.
‘So Cassy...Where can I get a much better Mocha latte??'.
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Landon frowned deeply as he listened to his voicemail,two of which were from Alice.
“𝑼𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 𝒉𝒊...𝒉𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆...𝒊 𝒖𝒉𝒎𝒎 𝒊 𝒅𝒊𝒅'𝒏𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌..𝒊...𝒊 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆??”
“𝑯𝒊 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏,𝒖𝒉𝒉𝒉 𝒊 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆...𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔"
‘So you're gonna call her??'.Lucas asked as he opened a bottle of sparkling water.
‘No'.Landon replied without the slightest of interest in his voice.
‘Huh?? She's your wife Lan!!'.His brother couldn't help but feel shocked at the coldness of his actions.
‘She is my business wife Lucas and that doesn't necessarily mean I should act like a devoted and brainwashed husband,it shows weakness and I don't want—
‘What the hell are you actually talking about?? She is your wife and not a robot? Fine I get it's not a marriage of love but rather one of convenience but still—Call the damn lady! You've known her for a long time so act like a gentleman!'.
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It was night already and Alice sighed deeply as she walked into her so called matrimonial bedroom all weak and tired.
Landon didn't even bother to call her back after she gathered enough courage to even call and text him.
Maybe it was a bad idea getting married to him,she thought as she took off her shirt and stepped under the shower.
He was a man that didn't mix business with pleasure and their marriage was just business to him.
She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a robe around her body,and came out of the bathroom only to see him on the edge of the bed.
‘Speak of the devil and he shall walk right in'.She murmured and his Head shot up from the laptop.
‘Excuse me,did you say something??'.
’N... Nothing,I didn't say anything.I thought you were staying in Limerick for a few days?'.She asked.
‘Lucas is taking care of it,how was your day at the office?'.He replied and was undoubtedly uncomfortable seeing her hair look so damp and was trying hard not to look at the space in between her bathrobe.
‘It was fine,I got to know about everything and I'm currently working on the deal with Cattaneo jewels and co'.She explained and he just nodded without lifting his head up.
Her heart itched to form a conversation and maybe get to learn more from him but his gloomy disposition made her think otherwise.
‘Stop staring Alice'.He interluded on her thoughts and she jolted.
‘What?'.
‘I said stop staring Alice, it's creepy'.He repeated and somehow the way he mentioned her name made her jitter.
‘I...I...I'm trying here Landon I swear to God I don't know what this is between us!'.She finally blurted out loud and he closed his laptop.
‘It was a business marriage Alice and—
‘Yes you don't think I know that?! It is a business marriage but it is a marriage nevertheless and we're both acting like we're strangers in a secret bunker! I can live the rest of my life like this??'.She said aloud and he drew out a stapled piece of document.
‘Then it doesn't have to be forever,I was planning on telling you this when we get to the office but I guess I should tell you now.Since this is a business marriage and partnership I was hoping that after a year we get a divorce so as for emotions not to—
‘Wait! You're giving me a contract which states that after a year we must both get divorced?!'.
‘Yes,yes that is true'.He said without any hint of emotion in his eyes and she scoffed loudly.
‘You know what Lan?! Screw this marriage and screw you too!!'.
‘What is wrong with you? Like I said before this is not a love marriage and you knew that before agreeing to marrying me.What do you want exactly? A husband who buys you chocolates and sends you flowers every hour of the day? A husband who tells you how much he loves you? A husband you gives you children? A husband who takes you out to fancy dinners and buy you expensive jewelry?! Sorry to burst your bubble Alice but I am not the ideal husband dream off!'.He fired back totally oblivious of the gravity of his words.
‘Do you think I want a perfect husband? Landon i have known you for years to be egocentric,arrogant,cold and a workaholic but never have I imagined you to be the heartless type!...F...Funny enough I knew I was falling into a bottomless pit when I agreed to marrying you but I still went ahead with it,ever cared to ask why?! For heaven's sake even if you don't care about the marriage at least act like you care as a friend or a family relation!'.She cried out.
He went silent.
He didn't say a word and she smiled with her eyes glazed with tears.
‘I think you should get back to work,I'll have the maids take my things to the guest room... it's obvious I'm not welcome here anyway and to even think that you were my fr...you know what just f**k it'.
THREE MONTHS LATERAlice and Landon did their best to avoid each other despite working in the same building,sleeping on the same bed and living in the same house.She tried her best to make the marriage work as much as possible but he clearly didn't want it as much as she wanted.She tried cooking dinner.She helped him clear his busy schedule by doing all the work so they could spend time together but something would come up and he would leave again.It became so bad that even she got tired and also decided not to make an effort and just ignore him the same way he was ignoring her.‘So what's up with you and my brother?'.Catherine asked as she walked into Alice's office with a box of chocolate cookies.‘Hey Cathy I didn't know you were coming over'.Alice smiled and Catherine sat down at he other side of the table.‘Yeah I miss
Ep 6‘Okay get up!!!'.Alice heard her sister-in-law's voice from a distance and was instantly awoken by a bright light.‘What the hell Cathy it's Saturday'.She groaned and turned around but Catherine only made it worse by dragging the sleeping bags off her body.‘Get up sleeping hag, today is a day of fun'.‘Fun??'.‘Yes, fun and when I mean fun I mean a makeover'.‘I don't want a makeover,I want to sleep,I have been working my ass off all week so please give me a break Cathy'.Alice begged in a strained voice.‘Ohh you poor thing,you're stuck in this stupid marriage cycle that you don't know what fun is anymore but not to worry I've got you covered,you need this Alice'.Catherine,in her unrelenting state dragged her sister-in-law and close friend out of bed and Alice reluctantly got up.Catherine was an impossible woman to convince when it comes to m
The next morning Alice felt like everything was going to be okay for the first time in a very long time as she rose up from her slumber.Landon's apology was something she actually wanted for a very long time and when she got it,it was one of the most satisfying thing that has ever happened to her since he helped her tie her shoelace in the ninth grade—not like he would even remember anyway.‘Good morning'.She nodded at the chef as she whose brows rose up questionably as she walked into the kitchen‘Good morning Madam,you seem to be in a pretty good mood this morning'.He smiled warmly as he poured her a cup of coffee.‘Yes I am, is my husband up yet??'.She replied and felt butterflies in her belly the moment she realized that she referred Landon as her husband.‘Yes,he left for work this morning'.The chef said and the coff
‘Mmmh'.Alice smiled warmly as she turned around only to mistakenly hit Landon on the shoulder.‘Good morning'.He murmured with his eyes still closed and she couldn't help but feel vibrant when their hands touched her skin.Last night was unlike anything she had imagined and it was like it was the perfect wedding night with how gentle he was.‘It's late,we should grab breakfast'.She whispered and tried to leave but he grasped onto her arm.‘Stay'.‘Huh?'.‘I want you to stay'.’But it's—‘Forget about the outside world a little bit, just stay'.He whispered and she crawled right back into his arms.If Landon Mikaelson wanted her to stay without caring about work then it really meant something good was happening. &nbs
The ride back home alone was as silent as a graveyard.Alice looked at her phone countless times waiting for a call from Landon but he never did.A short sigh escaped her lips as she got out of the car and slammed the door very hard,she didn't bother answering the staffs who were ecstatic of her return and just went to bed.It was supposed to be exhilarating,she thought as a tear escaped it's duct but was quick enough to wipe it off.She wasn't going to cry.She just wasn't going to cry,she told herself and after some minutes a text came in—but it wasn't from Landon.🅷︎🅾︎🅿︎🅴︎ 🆈︎🅾︎🆄︎ 🅷︎🅰︎🅳︎ 🅰︎ 🅶︎🆁︎🅴︎🅰︎🆃︎ 🆅︎🅰︎🆈︎🅲︎🅰︎🆈︎!!🅲︎🅰︎🅻︎🅻︎ 🅼︎🅴︎ 🅾︎🆁︎ 🆃︎🅴︎🆇︎🆃︎ 🅼︎🅴︎🅸︎🅼︎ 🆂︎🅾︎ 🅴︎🆇︎🅲︎🅸︎🆃︎🅴︎🅳︎ 🆃︎🅾︎ 🅷︎🅴︎🅰︎🆁︎ 🅵︎🆁︎🅾︎🅼︎ 🆈︎🅾︎🆄︎ 🅻︎🅾︎🅻︎.Catherine.She just didn't want to break her Catherine's hea
The divorce papers were just right on the bed the moment Landon got home and he saw the tear drop mark next to Alice's signature on it.A short sigh escaped his lips as he slumped on the bed and wriggle his tie down a notch.He looked up at the ceiling and a memory of him staring at her playing the white piano crossed his mind all over again.‘She left sir'.The maid muttered as she walked into the room with the glass of water he ordered earlier.‘Did I ask for the piece of information? Get out of my sight'.He snapped and she walked away leaving the glass by the lampshade.Someone knocked on the door and when he opened it Catherine walked in and slapped him hard across the face.‘Hey what gives?!!'.He yelled at the top of his voice and she scoffed loudly.‘I'm even ashamed to be standing next to you righ
AFTER THE DIVORCE (TWO MONTHS LATER)Candace smiled sheepishly as she read the article on the sleazy tabloid about the devastating divorce of the business forum sweethearts—Landon and Alice.She sipped her margarita and adjusted her wide brimmed hat so as to get a much better tan from the sun and a good picture from the paparazzi she spotted on earlier.‘So what do we do now ma'am??'.Her personal assistant,John asked and she shrugged lightly.‘You mean what do I do?Well it's very simple John...Get every famous entertainment blogger on the phone now'.’For what ma'am??'.’We are going to spread rumors you doofus,New York is in for a blast'. --------------------‘You sure she's okay??'.Catherine asked as she slipped into the booth next to Lucas
‘What are you up to Candace and now many times do I have to break it to you that there isn't going to be another us?'.Landon said as he sat opposite Candace who was under a disguise so as not to be seen or disturbed by a fan.She smiled warmly instead of giving him an answer and then ordered a creamy butternut squash linguine with fried sage much to his own annoyance.‘I'm not vegan'.He stated plainly.‘Well then order something else sweetheart'.She shrugged and his brows creased into a very deep frown.‘What else do you want from me Candace? Just because you heard about my divorce doesn't mean I'm in the dating market.I am not interested in—‘blah,blah,blah Landon Mikaelson,you and I know a man needs a woman's touch once in a while and I'm just here to state that I'm more than available whenever you need me'.She cut